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Denmark, Princess Ann. announced as Queen of England, ii., 70. Proclaimed, 70.
Dennis, Richard, appointed in place of Major Casdrop on Schuylkill, xi., 310.
piers, 326. Commissioners to set- ! Dennison, Col. Nat., councillor. xv., 162. 194, 191. Dispatched to Lu- zerne-his instructions, 293. 365, 384; xvi., 16, 20. Furnishes clothing to J. Franklin.
De Normandie, Abraham, sheriff of Bucks, iii., 69.
De Normandie, Anthony of Bristol, case of, xi., 450.
De Normandie, Dr. John Abraham, petitions to sell real estate, xi., 571.
Denny, David, Coroner, xii .. 151. Denny. William, Coroner, ix., 548, 624, 691.
his commission dated May 7, hav- ing taken the oath before his majesty in council, vii., 220. Af- ter the affixing of the seal. he is- sues an order for clearing ont Vessels after 22d August, 221. Proclamation is made for continu- ance of officers-and commission is published at court house, 221. Letters to and from Governor Hardy, 223. Proclamations of, 226. Address of Assembly, to 227. Order for £600. Governor's answer, 228. Speech to Assem- bly, 229. Messages to Assembly, 235, 238, 239, 248, 304, 306, 346, 350, 382, 387, 396, 409, 413, 417, 444, 562, 578, 582, 592, 605, 617, 718, 733, 736, 748, 751, 758, 763, 774, 779. Messages from Assem- bly, 233, 237, 238, 247, 307. 345, 384, 413, 418, 573, 579, 617, 721, 727, 730, 742, 751, 759, 781. Commission, &c., published at New Castle, 230. Asks advice of Council on intended message re- garding exhibition of his instruc- tions, 236, 237. Sends copies of instructions on money bills, 238, 344. Conference on money bill,
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249, 251. Reasons of Committee on, 251-255. His reasons to be sent to his Majesty, 255. Visits frontiers, 255. Power to fill com- missions, 265. Additional instruc- tions, French war, 269. Letters to and from Lord Loudonn, 269, 380, 397. From Sir William John- son, 278, 351, 434, 495. Speech to Assembly, 280, 622. Orders new writs of election to fill vacan- cies, 293. Meets Council at New Castle-message to, 295. Indian murders, 304. Address from Qua- kers on treaty, 311. His answer, 312. Hisopinion of Teedyuscung, 351. Letter to and instructions of George Crogham as Indian agent appointed by Sir William John- son, 355. Sends minutes of Con- ference at Easton to Governor Belcher, 359. Issues warrant to sheriff to quarter troops in Phila- delphia, 362. Various proceed- ings, 359-379. Writes to Mayor, 374. Answer, 376. Writes to Provincial Commissioners for mo- ney - they say there is none, 383. His letter to Croghan, 384. Assembly agree to pay expenses, 3+4-5. Embargo, 387, 388, 4:2, 606. Death warrant of Charles Jegler, 389. Further suspension of hostilities with Delawares pro- claimed, 390. Warrant for respite of Jegler, 398. Remonstrance of Assembly on supply bill, 401. . His answer, 403. Quartering troops, 409. On supply bill, 413, 417. Consults Lord Loudoun on supply bill-asks advice of Coun- cil, 441. Militia bill, 444. Short sketch of Province for Lord Lou- doun, 444. Receives alarming in- telligence from Fort Augusta-and agrees to pass money bill, 453, 454. And sends amendments to others, 455. Answer to petition for a watch at Bethlehem, 460. Meeting of Governors with E. Lou- doun at l'hiladelphia, 470. Letter to ('roghan-Sons of Teedyuscung at Fort Allen-small-pox at Lan- caster, 474. To W, Parsons, 476. From George Croghan, 478, 480- 481. To Earl Loudoun on ship- ping provisions, 482. Instructions
to William Logan, 488. From Sir Charles Hardy, 496. To collector on allowing vessels to depart, 501. Sprech to Indians, 519. Letter of Lord Loudoun on Indian sup- port, 523. Writes to C. Armstrong to visit Cherokees, 527. Money all expended, 528. Proposes to invite Delawares to settle at Sha- mokin, 549. Message to Teedy- uscung, 546. To Cherokees, 548. Letters to G. Croghan, 548. Pass- port and order to sheriff to guard Indians from Lancaster to Phila- delphia, 549. Militia, Indians, Colonel Stanwix, &c., 563. Em- bargo, 569. Militia for South Carolina, 578. To Lord Loudoun, 581. Sir Charles Hardy, 581. Answer to Assembly, 582. Proc- lamation for a fast, 591. Roads, 592. To Croghan, 605, 634, 659, 679. Stanwix, 607. Long mes- sage on various matters, 609. Expected attack, 617. From Gov- ernor De Lancey, 628. Committee from Friendly Association, answer to, 637-648. Sends copy of re- monstrance to Croghan, 658. An- swer to, 661. Applies for list of goods for presents, 671, 672. Let- ter from provincial commissioners, 697. Authorized to send troops to New York. 721. Visit from Teedyuscung, 725. Certificate of having taken sacrament in Christ Church, 741. Long message be- tween, and Assembly, 742, 751. Commissioners to Wyoming, 754. Interview with Teedyuscung at Philadelphia, 770. Estimate of expenses of the Government, 776, 779. William Moore's case, 741, 750, 764, 776, 781. Messages to Ass'bly, viii., 1, 12, 17, 29, 41, 61, 62, 66, 72, 78, 80, 111, 166, 169, 232, 237, 240, 275, 285, 291, 303, 317, 319, 326, 349, 369, 372, 382. Messages from Assembly, 4, 36, 39, 51, 53, 65, 71, 102-110, 112, 170. 229, 323, 324, 330, 331, 354, 356, 373, 396. On impeachment of William Moore, 1, 12-17. Let- ters to and from, 23, 26, 27, 37, 59, 69, 78, 116, 147, 155, 165, 167, 224, 232, 272, 274, 283, 289, 290, 292, 298, 316, 331, 341, 352,
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373, 376, 391, 400, 403. Confer- ences with Indians, 9, 29, 30, 32, : 86, 100, 114, 403. Sprech to Teedyuscung, 42, 52. Letter to Colonel Washington, 56. Request for troops by General Forbes, 59, 65. Complains of provincial com- missioners, 64. Various griev- ances, 72. Destitute Indians at Fort Loudoun, 78. Orders arms for General Forbes, 79. Com- i plains of inactivity of Assembly, 80. A favor asked of him by Terdyuscung-his answer, 115. Speech to Indians, 117. Message
their reply-Mr. Chew protests, 357, 358. Refuses to sign bill, &c., on warrants, &c., 361. Signs Several bills, 362. Receives £1000, 362. Sends letter from General Stanwix, 372, 373. Remarks on bill-Secretary and Surveyor Gen- eral, 375. Signs bill-receives £1000, 376. On wagons, 376, 396. Sprech to Teedyuscung, 405. Ab- sence of great seal- call Assem- bly, 408. Superceded by James Hamilton, 409. Sends letter from General Stanwix, 426. Case of William Moore, 441.
to Indians at Wyoming, 129. In- . Depositions, respecting dispute and structions to F. Post, 138. Lays embargo, 146. Visit, with Turner, : Peters and Chew to Governor Ber- nard, 151. Writes to Spanish ---- Governor respecting a Spanish Fessel, 155. Declares William Moore innocent, 162. Admiral Boscawen asks men-Ass'bly de- cline-message to, 165, 166, 169. Letter from General Forbes, 169. Assembly on Boscawen and Indian affairs, 170. Speech to Indians at Easton, 183, 192. Answer to mes- sage of Ohio Indians, 206. Obliged to leave Ind'ns, bids farewell, 219. Speech to Assembly, 227. Re- specting General Forbes, 229, 237. On tonnage duty, 231, 232. Let ter, General Schuyler, 240. Ad- dress from Assembly-delivered by right members-loss of wagons- quarters for soldiers-trial of Wil- liam Moore, &c., 282, 441. To General Amherst on address of Assembly, 283. Resolve of As- sembly respecting case of William Moore of Chester county, 286. Colonel Mercer succeeds General Forbes, 292. Bills credit-taxes, 303, 319, 323. Letters from W. Pitt and Lord Amherst on affairs at Du Quesne, 317. Distresses at Lancaster by quartering soldiers, 230. Supply bill, 331, 332. Grant by Assembly to, £1000, 333. Takes possession of great seal-is applied to the laws, 335. Visit froin Teedyuscung, 344. War- rants and surveys, 349. Position | of, 354. Bills of credit, 357. In-
riots between Maryland and Penn- sylvania, iii., 472, 612. Francis Kip riots with Maryland, iv., 65. llenry Munday, 107. Elisha Gatchell, 229. Of Robert Savery on counterfeits, 274. Thomas McKee, skirmish with the Indians in Virginia, 630. James IIen- dricks, about Indians, 655. Of William Kelly, a pilot, v., 113. Of others relating to privateers, 115-119. Pyramus Green taken prisoner, 233. Captain George Porteus, 245. George Proctor, 248, 253. Roger Sheron, 249. Respecting privateers, 250-264. Captain T. Jenkins, 282. Morris Turner, 482. Ralph Kilgore, 482. Obstruction of surveys of land, 4.9. Respecting murder of Dud- ley Digges, 582-597. A. Mon- tour and Jno. Patten, respect- ing distances, &c., on Ohio, 762. Stephen Coffin, vi., 9. Peter Frank on Indians, 54. Charles Courte- nay, Francis C. Bouviere on arri- val of French at Ohio, 224. Of Jean Silvester, 416. Matthew Laird, Michael Huber, Jacob Hu- ber, Braddock's defeat, 4-2-454. By Henry Cole, Jno. M. Hute, J. MeMichael on Indian hostilities in Northampton county, 758. George MeSwaine, French and Indians vii., 395. M. Roup, 493. Of John Hogan, account of burning Fort Granville, 562. Ar- thur Henderson, 618. George Ebert, 620. James lyndshaw, Connecticut settlers, viii., 612. sinuations against Council-and [ ... Benjamin Kendal, Conestogo In-
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dians, ix., 126. Wm. Blythe, mur- der of Indians by F. Stump, 414. Amos Ogden, Wyoming, 674. Of J. P. De Haas, ill treatment by several Connecticut men, 682. Aaron Van Campen and Peter Kachlein, 710. Respecting Wyo- ming, 751. Ashur Clayton. 767. Joseph Morris, 769. Henry Reed, respecting Dr. Conolly, x., 168. Samuel Whitesides, 227. John Carnahan, Sheriff, 235. Respect- ing robbery of ensign Vansant, xi., 513. Of Alexander Patter- son, 528. Respecting Indians, 535. Respecting Wm. Moore Smith, for carrying letters for British prisoner, xii., 30. Of Wm. Geddis and Wm. Govett, respecting Arnold's conduct while in command of city, 225. Res- pecting, 307. Greenbury Hughes and Lawrence Maskill, respect- ing John Linch, 312. Drs. Big- ham and Bevans against Captain Gardner, 316. John Seely, xiv., 32. John Armstrong, W, Brink, L. Meyers, Joseph Salmon, Wm. Jennings, 172. Of B. Chew, in case of Mrs. Allen's children, 463. Wm. Wilson, 498. Peter Au- drain, robbery, 514. David Mead, 572. G. Smith, xv .. 514. Depreciation, scale to be published, xii , 612, 639, 648, 684, 703, 709, 716, 717, 747, 753 : xiii., 74, 122, 140, 149. Certificate stopped, xv., 429.
Depreciation, lands, sales, xiv, 627. Plan of; ordered to be sold at Lancaster, xv., 18. Call for in- ; formation, 46. Sales of, 58.
Sale ordered, 138. Certificates, Dickey, Robert Coroner, xv., 580;
xvi., 148, 541. On pay, 230, 325. Survey, 418, 439, 454. Deputy Surveyor paid xvi., 303, 376, 422, 452, 514.
Depui, Moses, a Justice, v., 113.
Depui, Nicholas, letter to, on Indian invasions, xii., 312.
Depui, Benjamin, Justice, xiv., 198.
Depui, Captain Charles, petition to refit his vessel, v., 581. Survey on his vessel, 581. Report 581. Deputy Surveyors, xiv., 441, 445, 449, 454, 456, 457, 458,
653, 654; xv., 198; xvi., 214, 211 *- 252, 254, 256, 257, 278, 461, 463.
Derring, Christopher, Collector of excise, xiv., 652.
Deserters, xiii., 14, 22, 29, 96, 340. Deshler, David, Commissioner of purchases, xii., 486 : xiii. 109.
D'Estaing, Count, his squadron takes Wm. Straker prisoner, xi., 553. Arrives with French fleet, Act of Congress on, xii., 114. Permission asked for provisions to be sent to, 162.
Destitute, provision for the, i., 78. Dewall, G., President of Court of Maryland, respecting II. Carberry, xiv., 106.
Dewees, Samuel, sub-Lieutenant, xi., 765.
Dewees, Colonel Thomas, Jailor of Philadelphia to take certain per- sons into custody, x., 359, 360 408. Order for removal of prison- ers to new gaol, 429. Complaint, 567, 568. To purchase arıns, 673.
Dewees, William, Sheriff, x., 100, 212, 270; xi., 201, 273. Com- plaint against, 210, 211. acquit- ted, 211.
Diahoga, Indians from, vii., 168. May be received at Bethlehem, 170. Indians from, intend an attack, 186, 187. Arrive at Phila- delphia from, 198. At Easton, 206. New Castle, sent to, In- dians remove to, 223. Arrival of Indians from Ohio, 281. Sketch of country from Easton to, 683.
Dick, John, letter respecting Wyo- ming, ix., 753.
xvi., 215, 521.
Dickinson, gunboat, x., 335, 397. Steward discharged, 476, 488, 505 ; xi., 393.
Dickinson, proposed as the name of a new township in Washington county, xiv., 275.
Dickinson College, survey of lands for, xv., 139, 466. Order to, 4, 298, 616, 654.
Dickinson, James, a Deputy Sur- veyor removed, xiv., 653.
Dickinson, Jonathan, Mayor of Philadelphia, iii., 31. Speaker,
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56. Governor's address to, 56. Visits Indians with Governor, 121.
Dickinson, Colonel John, to inspect ornance and military stores, x., 2×3. Commands second battalion : of associatory, 314. to go to New York, 484, 487, 548. Colo- nel, x., 754; xi., 4. Writes to Brigadier General Philip Dickin- son not to receive Continental money, 92. Councillor, xiii., 409. President, xiii., 413, 414,
736 Proclamation, 416, 737. Letter on Connecticut, &c., 479. Salary paid, 576. Letter to Coun- cil on their late measures respect- ing Wyoming, xiv., 218. Letter to Donalson & Hollingsworth on removal of Chevaux-de-frise, 241. Re-elected President, 249.
Dickinson, Brigadier General Philip, letter to, on Continental money, xi., 92.
Diemer, Jacob, appointed President C. C. B., Berks county, xvi., 125. Diemer, Dr. James, appointed Jus- tice in Borks county, xv., 462.
Dieskau, General, defeat of French Divorces asked for, ix., 564, 566, under, at Lake George, vi., 637. Digby, Admiral, grants passport for 567, 568, 580; x., 27, 40, 53, 54, 103, 105.
a flag vessel, with provisions for Doan, Aaron, arrested, and bounty New York, xiii., 457, 459.
Digges, Dudley, murder of-cor- respondence and depositions re- specting, v., 582.
Dill, Col. Matthew, x., 672; xi., 69, 113.
Dill, Matthew, Lieut., xi., 783.
Dillon, Amos, proclamation against, xiii., 616.
Dilworth, Charles, appointed Lieut. of Chester County, in place of R. Smith, xiv., 670. Sheriff, xvi., 192, 492.
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Dingee, Charles, refuses to take oath of allegiance, is imprisoned, xi., 402. -
Dinwiddie, - -, Surveyor Gen'1, ! v., 244.
Dinwiddie, Robert, Governor of Vir- ginia, letters to and from, v., 632, 687, 698, 700, 712, 714, 755, 704, 767. Letter from French com- mander, 714. Proclamation to encourage enlistments, 766. Let- ters to and from, vi., 1, 3, 5, 7, 1
27, 31, 55, 136, 163, 177, 294, 295, 296, 297, 309, 419, 445, 455, 465, 602, 651; vii., 33, 133. Invasions of French and Indians, 1. Assembly of Pennsylvania will not aid, 27, 55. French opera- tions-forts on Wills' creek, 136. Raising levies for Wills' creek, 177. Flour for Wills' creek, 297. Gen. Braddock complains of, 400. Attack on Niagara, 419. Sends men and cannon to Fort Cumber- land, 445, 455. French and In- dians-cannon for Fort Cumber- land, 465. Proposes building a fort at Great Crossings-Dunbar's retreat, &c., 602. Examines at request of Lord Loudoun, the In- dian trade bill, vii., 450. Meets Earl Loudoun and Governors at Philadelphia, 472.
Distances from Carlisle to Shanop- pin's town, v., 750.
Distillery of liquors-Act to encou- rage by a bounty proposed-and objected to by inhabitants and traders, iii., 248. But favored prospectively, 249.
paid, xiv., 178. Case of, 384, 385, 386, 387. Pardoned, 387. Message to Assembly on, 388- 392, 395. Pardoned on condition of leaving United States forever, xiv., 214.
Doan, Ab'm, proclamation against, xiii., 616, 631. Under sentence of death in Philadelphia-petition, xv., 497. Opinion of judges, 501. Captors rewarded, 502. Case, 504. Ordered to be executed, 505. Petition in favor of respite, 515. A free negro in jail afraid of- released, 516. Order for execu- tion, 535. Respite negatived, 544.
Doan, Israel, xiii., 517.
Doan, Joseph, traitor, estate sold, xiii., 686. Taken, 741. Balanco paid for his apprehension, to Jo- seph Wilson, xiv., 4.
Doan, Joseph, Jr., to Greer Fergu- son, &c., for apprehending, xiv., 215.
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Doan, Levi, reward for apprehend -!
ing, xiii., 542, 630. Under sen- tence of death in jail in Philada., petition, xv., 497. Opinion of judges, 501. Captors rewarded, : Donegal, T., violent proceedings 502. Case, 504. Order for exe- against house of John Scott, iii., 267. cution, 505. Petition in favor of
respite, 515. A free negro afraid ; Dongan, Governor of New York, his of-released, 516. Order for exe- cution, 535. Respite negatived, 544. agency in purchase of land on Susquehanna, iii., 205. Receives pay from Proprietaries for lands on Susquehanna, vi., 124.
Doan, Malin, proclamation against, xiii., 630.
Doan, Moses, proclamation against, xiii., 616, 630.
Dobbs, Governor Arthur, of Virg'a, meets Earl Loudoun at Philad., vii., 470.
Dobbs, Governor of North Carolina, daily expected, vi., 164. Letter on trade of Hudson's Bay, viii., 290.
Dobbs' Ferry-passes to be sent to, xiii., 419.
Dock creek landing, Philada., ii., 10, 12, 14, 19.
Dogs, Act against, x., 32, 42.
Dolby, Joseph, bell-ringer of Christ Church bells, xiii., 423, 563. Paid for ringing Christ Church bells on arrival of La Fayette, xiv,, 176. July 4th, 494. Paid for ringing the bells of Christ Church, xv., 60, 344, 363, 597; xvi., 2242, 410.
Donaldson, Arthur, to launch che- vaux-de-frises built at Glouces- ter, x., 513. To build piers at Fort Island, 525. To build two more chevaux-de-frises, 534, 535, 648, 651, 737. Builds float- ing battery, 725. To raise wrecks, &c., in Delaware, xi., 559, 692. Proposals for removing chevaux-de-frise, xiv., 75, 78. Agreement with, and pay, 104, 119. Entitled to third payment, 200, 213. Certificate to, from Wardens, and letter of President, 241. Letter, 560.
Donaldson, John, Member of Coun- cil, i., 492, 552. Tried and ac- quitted, 570.
Donation, lands, xiv., 454, 458, 653, 654. To officers of Penn'a Mine, xv., 17, 74, 102. Lottery for, 74, 97, 108, 128, 263. Ex-
plored by W. Irvine, 125. Pa- tents for, 201, 220, 245. Fees, 358, 421. Battery, 580. Survey- ing of, xvi., 50.
Donnaldson, John, resigns as War- den, xiv., 150. Register-General, his office, xvi., 45. May employ a clerk, 64. Pay to, 301. Ex- penses to Easton, 516.
Donnel, John. (See M'Daniels.) Donnel, Nathaniel, Second Lieut. of Mattrosses, x., 524.
Dorothy, ship, a sickly vessel, ar- rives, iii., 292. Is released, 294. Dorsey, Captain Thomas, paymas- ter, x., 436; xi., 266, 301, 400, 408, 424.
Dougherty, Bernard, x., 353, 531. To furnish rations, xiii., 375. Jus- tice and President of Court, 446. Justice resigns, xiii., 101. On rations, 129, 595. Pay for rations, xiv., 181, 202. Acco ints, 507. Dougherty, Edward, Coroner, v., 120, 597.
Dougherty, Capt. Henry, appointed to command a boat, x., 287, 296, 419. Ordered from Liberty island, 427. To order boats to Philadel- phia, 434. Seamen for public vessels, 442. Instruction, 617. To order guards at State House, 445. To command galley Dela- ware, 702. Captain of Artillery, xi., 223. llealth officer, xii., 483.
Dougherty, John, Coroner, vi., 144, 662.
Dougherty, John, Jr., heads armed men from Wyoming, x., 86; to build a fort, 87.
Dougherty, member of As- sembly - letter from Bedford - road to Fort Pitt, xii., 73.
Douglass, Ephraim, Report on In- dian agency, xiii., 681. Protho- notary, 702. Clerk of Courts, 704, 742. Member Council, 743. Let- ter, xiv., 525. Deputy Surveyor's
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petition, xv., 122. Agency for | Drinker, John, refuses bills of credit, Confiscated Estates in Fayette papers, &c., locked up, x., 486. Dromgoole, Captain, Indian inter- preter, xv., 238. County, xvi., 26. For surveys of depreciation lands, 418, 422. Report on accounts, 446, 447.
Douglass, George, applies to go to Scotland-not granted, xi., 579. Donglass, Captain John, xi., 2. En- sign, xii., 2.
Douglass, John, Captain of privateer -absconded, xii., 75.
Douglass, Captain Thomas, charges against, xiv .. 621.
Dover, John, threatens life of a col- lector, xii., 402, 404. Commis- sion refused, 407.
Dover, Kent Co., Canterbury Town- ship, court house, &c., at, i., 556. Two good horses to be at, viii., 71.
. Act for sale of lots in, ix., 169. For improving marshes, x., 49. Prisoners sent from to New Cas- castle for exchange, 564.
Dower, at common law forfeited by attainder of husband, &c., xii., 70. Downar, Richard, and Randolph Mohr, case of, at Lancaster, iv., 256.
Downand William, and Maryland af- fairs, iv., 111.
Downey, Captain J., ordered to Bil- lingsport. Benjamin Davis to :
assist him in a survey of ground Duch ', Jacob, proposed as a clerk
near the river, xi., 248, 249. Of ! the river from Cooper's Ferry to Salem, 250.
Downingtown, militia sent to, from ! Philadelphia xi., 275. Provisions stored at, 423.
Doyle, Samuel, arrested for murder of Indians on Pine creek, xvi., 404. Reward paid for, 483, 484, 547.
Doyle, William, coroner, ix., 285, . Duck Creek-petition for cutting a 333, 398.
Doz Andrew, appointed Commis- sioner of Purchases, xii., 301, 375, 376, 392. Resigns, 397.
Drake, Oliver, Captain, xii., 70. Draper, John, coroner, x. 106.
Draper, William, midshipman, pri- soner, x., 59%. Exchanged. 596. Ducking, a sentence for scolding, by xii., 235, 243. Draper, Samuel, coroner, x. 271. Driesback, Simon, censor, xiii., 723. Du Coudray, General, one of com-
Drinker, Henry, to be seized, xi., -
283. To lay out a road, xv., 425- 445.
Drought, a long, vi., 422.
Drummond, Dr., applies to be en- larged on parole ; granted on con- ditions, xi., 268.
Drummond, Lord, gives parol, x., 445.
Dryer, Jacob, irons to be taken off, the allowed time to leave the United States, xv., 348. Opinion of judges, 501. Case of, 611, 624, 627. Pardoned, 630. Doubts re- specting opinion of judges ; war- rant for execution negatived, and he pardoned, 631.
Dry lands, in Northampton County, xvi., 2174, 243.
Dublin, Second Township, petition for road to Philadelphia, i., 387. Opposed by First Township, 389. Dublin, Lower Township, commis- sioners report respecting a road in, x., 51.
Dubrois, Captain Jolin, i., 396, 435. Duch', Anthony, xiii., 14ti.
Duch, Mrs. Elizabeth, asks to re- turn froin New York, xii .. 17, 18. Allowed to return, being sick, 36, 309. (See below.)
at Easton, vii., 669. Assistant to Mr. Croghan, signs minutes. 714. ! Duch , Rev. Jacob, his wife applies for a pass to New York ; granted on conditions, xi., 759, 762. Me- morial of Francis Hopkinson re- specting, 773.
Duch .'s house to be occupied by T. Mckean, xii., 578.
Duch :, T. S., letter from, xii., 18.
way through the marshes, i., co. Draining, embanking, &c., ix., 313, 401. Church, trustees to sell lands, &c., x., >0-85.
Duckett, John, petition for pardon, referred to Supreme Court, iii., 276.
mittee to examine works on river, xi., 231. Presents a plan for fort at Billingsport, 245, 246, to be
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furnished a boat, 252. Ordinance in State House yard, xi., 252. Applies for a house at Fort Is- land. 265, 263.
Duff, Thomas, sheriff, ix., 57, 199, 286. 623, 658, 778.
Duffield, Dr., surgeon to boats, x., 362. Attends at pest house, 409, 545. And hospital, 549. Medi- cines, &c., 614.
Duffield, Dr. Benjamin, report on a prisoner, xvi., 211, 222.2
Duffield. Doctor John, Surgeon Mate Hospital United States, xiii., 157. Duke, The, laws to be examined, i., 63. Address to, and king, pro- posted on forts, &c., 109; pe- tition to. 116.
Duke of Normandie, birth of, xiv., 4-1.
Dulaney. Daniel, Attorney General of Maryland. iii., 614. Comes from Maryland with Edward Jennings as agent of Governor Ogle, iv., 115. Correspondence with President, 117, 181, 146.
Dun, Captain, imprisoned on charge of murder; how to be tried, ii., 86.
Dunbar, Colonel, sent with troops from England, vi., 201, 311.
Dunbar, Colonel, Thomas, retreat after defeat of Braddock, vi., 492, 494. Letter from and to, 494, 49%, 515, 519, 521, 547, 593. 595. Arrives at fort Cumberland with wounded, 502, 513. Desires win- ter quarters in Philadelphia, 513, 514. 535. Directions of Governor to, 515. Not in the battle, 519. His account of the defeat from others, 519. Marches from Cumberland, 521. Field officers opinion, 547. General Shirley to, 549. Orders to, 558-561. Reasons for not going against Du Quesne, 593, 595. His retreat, 602, 604. Letters to and from, vii., 39.
Duncan, David, Commissioner of purchases, xii., 654, 656. Paid for supplies furnished troops in defence of frontiers, xvi., 400. Duncan, James, Collector of Excise, resigns, xv., 126. Resigns, 222. Duncan, Matthew, as Captain, x., 447.
Duncan, Stephen, resigns as Treas- urer, xii .. 527.
Dundas, James, pay at Billingsport, xi., 607. Paymaster at Billings- port, 756.
Dunlap & Claypoole, printers for Council, xv., $7, 113, 215, 360, 366. Their paper to be filed, 444. xvi .. 21, 262. John D. loans money to recruit Pennsylvania Line, 489. Newspaper, 516, 539. Dunlap, Doctor James, surgeon in Navy, x., 632. To have a mate, 634. Bandages, 638. Pay, xi., 68, 110, 111. Justice, xiv., 242. Dunlap, Major James, made Lieu- tenant Colonel, x .. 768.
Dunlap. John, printer, x., 136. printing press, &c., taken by Council of Safety, xi., 46. Decline to continue taking his paper, 521. Taken, 654. Newspapers order by Council, xii., 197. Deed for part of Tinicum, 256. Deed to, xii., 323, 331. Paid for printing votes of Assembly, xiii., 277. Laws, 447, 479. Buys City lots, xv., 13. Prin- ter, 191.
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